Local teenage singer-songwriter, Lily-Grace Grant, is continuing her rapid and remarkable rise in the Australian country music scene, releasing her second single this month.
The 17-year-old former Byron High student already has a seriously impressive resume, having performed to great acclaim from the tender age of eight.
On April 11, she will once again step into the spotlight with the release of ‘Damn Hard Working Man’, a song celebrating the work ethic of rural Aussie men.
This definitely isn’t a song someone put together on GarageBand.
Produced by award-winning country musician, Matt Fell, the song also features Nashville guitarist, Jeff King, and Australian multi-instrumentalist and award-winning producer, Josh Schuberth, on drums.
With her debut release, ‘Wild Child’, doing well on the Australian country music charts, there’s every chance this one will also make a splash.
It promises to be another step in the already flourishing career of the Lennox Head resident.
At eight years old, she wrote her first song titled ‘‘Holding On’, and played live-to-air for the first time on BayFM.
Then, at 10 years of age she sang ‘Another Brick In The Wall’ at Qudos Arena with Roger Waters of Pink Floyd in front of 20,000 fans.
She told The Echo, ‘I get inspiration for my songs which I write on guitar, from everyday life’.
‘Once I get an idea, the rest of the process happens pretty quickly’.
‘My first single ‘Wild Child’, was for the girls, so I thought I’d mix it up and write ‘Damn Hard Working Man’ for the fellas.’
Accolades
The accolades have continued to flow for the young musician, including at this year’s Tamworth Country Music Festival where she came second in the 2TM Discovered Quest, and was named in the top five CCMA Junior Songwriter of The Year awards.
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